Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Radio Brockley recently interviewed a former patient of the RNOH, Glenn Meyer. Due to an accident, he damaged discs in his spine, which caused him so much pain that he was unable to walk. He underwent a number of operations, and, slowly was able to recover his ability to walk. Glenn says “Having successfully undergone spinal fusion surgery at RNOH […]
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Radio Brockley’s most requested act of 2025 has been announced, and for the first time in the request chart’s 41 year history, Abba finally reached the top of our chart – being the most requested artist of the year by patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. It was a very tight race, with the lead changing hands several times […]
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“Dancing Queen” by Abba was confirmed as the most requested song of 2025 by patients and staff of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, to give Abba the double on the request chart, having also been confirmed as our most requested artist of the year. It’s the first time since 2017 – when Ed Sheeran topped both charts – that our top artist […]
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Radio Brockley will once again be entertaining the patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital over Christmas, with a number of specially recorded shows. Highlights will include a recording of the annual RNOH Carol Service, led by Father Paul Reece – which patients will be able to hear on Christmas Eve at 8pm, as well as on Christmas Day at […]
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“My Way” by Frank Sinatra has been announced as our most requested song of all time by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. As the request chart celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, Radio Brockley’s longest-serving volunteer David Rauch, alongside Macie Lewis, counted down the most requested songs of the last 40 years. “My Way” has made our request […]
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As the Request Chart celebrates it’s 40th anniversary this year, we look back on some of the artists that patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital have been asking to hear over the decades: 2000s As the chart entered a new millennium, the request chart was being broadcast monthly with huge numbers coming in from the Adolescent Unit. However, classic […]
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Radio Brockley’s “new music” show, the Alpha Sessions continues to welcome an amazing array of independent artists, after almost 17 years on the airwaves. The show (which was originally called “Behind The Music”) was started by Emma Joyce (then Nouriel) and Alan Joyce back in 2008 – and has since been joined by regular hosts Ron Laver, Macie Lewis and […]
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Radio Brockley has launched a new video podcast series in partnership with the RNOH and King’s College London which promotes clinical academic careers. The NIHR INSIGHT podcast was developed by the programme’s Student Reference Panel. The NIHR INSIGHT programme for South London aims to demystify research for students and professionals in health and care by providing research masters studentships for […]
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The Beatles could be on course to top our annual artist request chart for the very first time, as they have a narrow lead at the mid-year stage in the request chart. The fab four have never previously been higher than number 3 in our request chart, having achieved that in 2008 and 2010. Earlier in the year they were announced […]
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As the Request Chart celebrates it’s 40th anniversary this year, we look back on some of the artists that patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital have been asking to hear over the decades: 1990s As the chart entered a new decade, hosting duties were passed to Alan Tomlinson and Dave Mason at the start of the decade, and then […]
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